Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing receives $2.8 million grant

Posted on September 4, 2019

By Blake Haas

NORMAL – Illinois State University has a new pulse in the College of Nursing thanks to a new grant.

ISU announced the Mennonite College of Nursing has been awarded a $2.8 million Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

The new grant is one of several federal HRSA grants awarded to the College of Nursing to help efforts to prepare advanced practice nurses to serve rural and under served settings – especially with primary care.

“In partnership with local community organizations that serve rural and vulnerable populations, MCN’s ANEW grant team strives to enhance clinical experiences for students in MCN’s Family Nurse Practitioner program,” said Family Nurse Practitioner sequence leader Jessica Sullivan. “The ANEW grant supports those partnerships, allowing us to increase access, provide care to vulnerable populations, and provide funds to defray some of the cost to tuition and other school-related expenses for our students.”

The grant will also help fund the development of a new, post-graduate MCN certificate geared toward training future nurse practitioners to address mental health needs.

Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].

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